Thursday, December 13, 2018

A baby named after General Leia Organa has ignited a viral debate over whether Carrie Fisher’s beloved Star Wars character was better as a princess.

It all began when Twitter user Jackie Caplan-Auerbach tweeted out an exchange between a flight attendant and another passenger on her plane. “Flight attendant on my flight to the mother holding an infant: ‘What’s her name?'” she wrote. “Mother: ‘Leia’ FA: ‘Like Princess Leia?’ Mother: ‘No, like General Leia.’ A-freaking-men, sister.”

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

A gibbon with a Star Wars name and a 'toad from Middle Earth' are among newly discovered species in Asia's Greater Mekong documented by scientists in 2017.

The Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon, which was among newly discovered species in Asia's Greater Mekong documented by scientists in 2017. It has been described as a new species, after a decade's work, and is now listed as one of the top 25 most endangered primates on the planet.

Earlier this year, it was announced that actress Rachel Butera would play General Leia Organa in the animated Star Wars Resistance series.

However, Carolyn Hennesy was credited in this week’s episode, “Station Theta Black.”

Butera may have been replaced following a controversial video she released mocking Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Bucketheads: A Star Wars Story is a Fan Film from the Stormtroopers' perspective. Shot in September 2017 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, it was a wonderful journey, with over 76 people directly involved in this effort to tell a Star Wars Story from the Imperial point of view.

This film wouldn't have been possible without the involvement of the 501st Legion.

Sunday, December 9, 2018

We have our first look at the centerpiece of "Galaxy's Edge," the Star Wars theme parks being built at both California's Disneyland and Orlando's Disney World: a life-size replica of the Millennium Falcon!

Friday, December 7, 2018

Marvel Entertainment has announced plans for a new five-issue Star Wars comic book series centering around Darth Vader just weeks after canceling a previously announced version of the same concept and format, following the firing of the writer for his social media use.

Star Wars: Vader — Dark Visions, written by Dennis Hopeless with art by a rotating series of collaborators and covers by Greg Smallwood, will replace Star Wars: Shadow of Vader, written by Chuck Wendig with art by a rotating series of collaborators.

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Rule the galaxy with the officially licensed Star Wars Galactic Empire DSA Keycap Set. Two different kits offered - Full Aurebesh or Aurebesh with English Sublegends. Both kits come complete with 8 unique novelty keycaps to show your loyalty to the Empire.

Preorders will run from December 10, 2018 - January 5, 2019. Estimated shipping will be late April, 2019. $250/set. Please note that this set will only be available for the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Sets will be sold on NovelKeys and Kono.

A play about the making of The Star Wars Holiday Special starring The Last Starfighter? Sign me up! If you're in the Los Angeles, CA area, you absolutely MUST drop everything and get tickets to see Boston-based playwright Andrew Osborne's two-act play Special, which stars Lance Guest (Jaws: The Revenge) and captures all the real and hypothetical drama that surrounded the creation of one of the greatest trainwrecks in the history of TV specials.

In 1978, movie brats and network execs joined forces to create The Star Wars Holiday Special, a costly, disastrous variety show that aired on CBS exactly once. George Lucas wanted to smash every copy of the special with a hammer, but thanks to bootlegs and the internet it went on to become a cult classic...

...and Special is the jaw-dropping, true-ish story of how a smash hit space opera became the worst TV show in the galaxy!

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia might be the country's largest.

The entrance pit to the cave is about 100 metres long and 60 metres wide. While its depth is hard to measure because of the mist from a waterfall, initial examinations show it is at least 135 metres deep.

The people who first spotted the cave from the helicopter named it Sarlacc's Pit, because of its similarity to the lair of the sarlacc, a creature from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

Gloria Katz, who died aged 76 on November 25th 0f 2018, was an Oscar-nominated Hollywood writer and director known for her longtime collaboration with George Lucas. She co-wrote his 1973 coming-of-age comedy film American Graffiti and helped with the script on Star Wars.

Often working with her husband and fellow writer Willard Huyck, the couple met through friends in the 1960s when they were both film students at UCLA and befriended Lucas.

The couple shared an Oscar nomination with Lucas for American Graffiti and secretly doctored his script for Star Wars. Katz has said they helped shape Carrie Fisher’s Star Wars character princess Leia into someone who “can take command,” not “just a beautiful woman that schlepped along to be saved.”

Nick Nolte has joined the cast of The Mandalorian, one of two Star Wars original series in the works at Disney’s ambitious Disney+ streaming service. He joins Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano in the cast of the Lucasfilm-produced series based on the film franchise’s mythology.

Disney Parks Blog announced that Oscar-winning composer John Williams is creating new music specifically for Star Wars Land. A sneak preview of it was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. A new video showing recent construction progress at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios features the new music.

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy just may be the best documentary ever made about the making of the Star Wars trilogy, and if you are a member of Amazon Prime, you can now watch it on Prime Video!

Friday, November 16, 2018

Variety reports that actor and former MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) star Gina Carano is set to star in the upcoming Star Wars streaming series The Mandalorian. Besides her MMA career, Carano starred in Deadpool, Fast and Furious 6, and Haywire. There's no word to who she will be playing yet.

The first batch of episodes for LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars have premiered on YouTube. They feature all our favorite characters getting into all sorts of zany adventures. You can check out one of them after the jump and then go see the rest right here.In preparation, stare into the dark, soulless eyes of this Ewok and think of Quint's speech from Jaws:
"Y’know, the thing about an [Ewok], he’s got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes. When he comes after ya, he doesn’t seem to be livin’ until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white."

At New York Comic Con, The Clone Wars star Ashley Eckstein -- who voices Ahsoka -- spoke to CBR about the upcoming revival. She thanked fans for their consistent and continuing support, discussed showrunner Dave Filoni's role in getting the band back together and explained why the cast's recording sessions felt like "old radio dramas." She also teased Season 7's new challenges, how her approach to Ahsoka has changed and more.

"We're currently recording. That's all I can say! [laughs] So it's coming to the Disney streaming service. And that's about it. But, you know, I can promise -- obviously, Dave Filoni is a part of it and he's done his best to bring back a lot of the key people that were a part of the show, pretty much all the cast members and then also some of the main crew members. The stories are incredible, the people are incredible and anything that Dave Filoni touches is going to be amazing."

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

IDW Publishing is back with another grand journey to feast on before Thanksgiving: Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down #1, and SYFY WIRE has scored an early look inside.

Taking a cue from the Kieron Gillen and Jason Aaron's six-issue crossover event from 2015-2016, Star Wars: Vader Down, this new three-issue Star Wars Adventures miniseries finds the plucky Rey in the sand-clogged wastelands of Jakku, hunting down a mythical crashed spaceship of the Imperial Navy.

Monday, November 5, 2018

“Excuse me sir, but that R2-D2 is in prime condition, a real bargain” – C-3PO

A resourceful astromech droid, R2-D2 served a number of crucial characters in the Star Wars galaxy, showing great bravery in rescuing his masters and their friends from many perils.

Appearing in many memorable scenes in the original Star Wars trilogy with Luke Skywalker and his friends, Artoo is an endearing character and Sideshow and Hot Toys are delighted to present the new sixth scale collectible figure of R2-D2 (Deluxe Version) with many accessories as seen in the original trilogy for fans to recreate the iconic moments from the Star Wars galaxy!

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Wave 4 of the Hasbro 'Force Link' figures hits toy store shelves later this month, except for Toys 'R Us. We're still in denial over that. For those toy retailers that haven't gone bankrupt, you have a chance to get a hold of new figures from the Solo movie.

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

At just 3 ft 6 in, Warwick Davis is Britain’s most celebrated actor of short stature.

Davis, who played an Ewok in Star Wars and Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter films, has nevertheless found himself lambasted by officials at his local council for trying to build a wall outside his mansion that, at 6ft, was ‘too high’.

He... wanted to build a new front boundary wall and gates at his £2 million, seven-bedroom home near Peterborough to boost security after his caravan was stolen.

A light driven energy trap similar to tractor beams used to capture spaceships in science fiction movies such as Star Trek and Star Wars has been developed by researchers in South Australia.

PhD student Ashby Hilton developed the technology and said that although tractor beams in movies like Star Trek and Star Wars are green or blue, in this case the trap is made of invisible infrared light.

Friday, October 26, 2018

THE NEW SERIES OF ANIMATED SHORTS AND FULL-LENGTH EPISODES WILL FEATURE ICONS FROM ACROSS THE SAGA!

Fans of bricks and blasters, get ready: LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars, a new animated adventure series that spans all Star Wars eras, will debut Monday, October 29, on Disney XD YouTube and DisneyNOW. Comprised of eight shorts and four half-hour episodes, the series features LEGO versions of the latest heroes and villains of the Star Wars galaxy alongside iconic characters including Kylo Ren, R2-D2, Young Han, Chewie, Young Lando, BB-8, and General Leia. You can check out a special sneak peek and the official key art below!

According to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, a Boba Fett movie is no longer happening… at the moment, at least.

Kennedy attended a special awards season screening of "Black Panther," where a Critics Choice Association journalist named Erick Weber apparently asked her to provide a status update about the long-rumored Boba Fett movie.

A modern trailer in the style of "The Last Jedi" trailer for the 1984 TV Movie set in the "Star Wars" universe, "An Ewok Adventure" AKA "Caravan of Courage."

In this, [Dave Lee Down Under] has reimagined and renamed the movie as "Caravan of Courage: A Star Wars Story," to tie in with the current slate of "Star Wars Story" movies including "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" and "Solo: A Star Wars Story."